[mmahemoff]

Yes, it's clear this is where Samsung's going. Neither Google nor Samsung mention Android much these days. BUT Samsung will have to lift its developer relations game 10x if they want people writing apps when it starts to come out. As for a compatibility layer, that's a lot easier to say than do, so native apps will still be critical.

Look at https://www.tizen.org/

Tizen 2.0 SDK is out? Where's 1.0? Tizen isn't out yet.

Why are you talking about SDKs on the hero banner anyway? What's Tizen? Why should I care?

Developer docs are out of the '90s: https://developer.tizen.org/documentation/dev-guide?redirect...

iFrames?

End of the day, developers will flock to where the users are. But a new platform needs to win developers to bring the users on, even with Samsung's distribution channels.

I really want to see some solid competition to Android. I can only hope all this is early beta stuff because they'll need to speak developers' language if they want people writing apps. As for the emphasis on HTML5, the hobbyist HTML5 niche is well-occupied by Firefox OS. And BB, Windows, and Ubuntu are also pushing HTML5.